Anthony Shelton was unanimously reelected to serve as International President on July 29, 2022 by delegates to the 41st BCTGM Constitutional Convention.

On April 16, 2020, the BCTGM General Executive Board elected Shelton as International President, to fulfil the term of International President David B. Durkee who passed away on March 30, 2020.

Shelton was elected as BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer on December 6, 2019 by the BCTGM General Executive Board.

Shelton has been a member of the Union since 1973 when he became a member of Local 25 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and later became a shop steward at Holsum Bakery in Chattanooga. He also worked at Colonial Bakery where he served as both a steward and chief shop steward.

Shelton was a Local 25 Trustee and member of the Local 25 Executive Board between 1986 and 1992.

In March 1992, President John DeConcini appointed Shelton as a Southern Region International Representative, a position he held for 23 years.

In September 2015, Shelton was elected by the BCTGM General Executive Board to serve as International Vice President of the Southern Region.

At the 2018 BCTGM Constitutional Convention, delegates elected Shelton to a full four-year term as the Southern Region International Vice President.

Shelton is a second generation BCTGM member; his father, Walter Shelton, was a 62-year member of the BCTGM who served as Business Agent of Local 25 for 25 years and held a position as a member of the International’s General Executive Board.